thermal and radiative properties. Such work has generated great controversy, although it is arguably accepted today that the presence of nanoparticles rarely leads to useful enhancements in either thermal conductivity or convective heat transfer. On the other hand, there are still examples of unanticipated enhancements to some properties, such as the reported specific heat of molten salt-based ...

The curvature of a liquid vapor interface has long been known to change the equilibrium vapor pressure. It has also been shown that a capillary structure will affect the temperature at which both freezing and vaporization of a substance will occur. However, describing interfacial effects on the latent heat of a phase change has proven more difficult. Here, we present a classical thermodynamic m...

In 1938, Smoker proposed an analytical closed form formula to calculate the number of stages in a binary distillation column. The equation assumes constant relative volatility and constant molar overflow. For many mixtures, it is practical to assume constant relative volatility. However, the latent heat of vaporization of the different components are generally not equal and hence, the analytica...

an analytical equation of state by song and mason is developed to calculate the pvt properties ofmercury. the equation of state is based on the statistical-mechanical perturbation theory of hard convexbodies and can be written as a fifth-order polynomial in the density. there exists three temperaturedependentparameters in the equation of state; the second virial coefficient, an effective molecu...

B = dimensionless coefficient in polynominals b = dimensionless coefficient in polynominals F = dimensionless radial velocity G = dimensionless tangential velocity H = dimensionless axial velocity K = 7 / 2 p r ~ ( v u ) ' / ~ , dimensionless parameter Q = $ow rate 8' = dimensionless flow rate r = radial coordinate u = radial velocity II = tangential velocity w = axial velocity z = axial coordi...

A second virial coefficient correlation suitable for two different temperatures ranges, (T*)-2£180 and (T*)-2>180, where T* is RT/DHvap is presented. The equation of state can be calculated for different, complicated non-polar, and slightly polar liquid mixtures at any temperature over the range from Ttp to T<su...